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Flat box for sale. Rail/ jib

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RobsWelding
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12'6" flat box. Brand new. Perfect for any back yard park set up. Get it while the snow is still around. Willing to deliver in New England area for a fare price.

Located in central ct.

$500
Feb 19 2013 12:44PM
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Dick*Bandit
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where in CT? and pics?
Feb 19 2013 12:47PM
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RobsWelding
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I will put the picture up again. But here's the Craigslist ad....

http://hartford.craigslist.org/spo/3615845874.html
Feb 19 2013 12:48PM
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RobsWelding
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I'm near Middletown.
Feb 19 2013 12:48PM
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RobsWelding
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Trades also considered.
Feb 19 2013 3:37PM
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RobsWelding
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SNOWS COMING THIS WEEKEND!!! Someone needs it
Feb 20 2013 12:26PM
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Mitchell.
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someone should pick this up, I would take it if I wasnt in Canada
Feb 20 2013 12:40PM
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Pu-Tang
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That is actually dope
Feb 20 2013 12:52PM
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RobsWelding
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I'm finishing a 11'6" flat to 8' down box tonight but that's already sold. It's on a hinge so it will work on flat ground or any hill. It's got legs so it can be an 18'6" flat box too. I can do other stuff too like basic flat double barrel rails and flat down or flat down flat. I don't have the tools to bend large radius stuff like a rainbow or c rail but if I sell enough ill buy more tools and build more stuff.
Ill post pics tonight of the flat down though.
Feb 20 2013 3:26PM
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RobsWelding
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Feb 21 2013 6:17AM
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triss
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what trades would u consider
Feb 21 2013 9:39AM
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RobsWelding
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I've got a kx250 and jeep Cherokee that both love being modified. I would consider some tools. A broken dirtbike or quad. Let me know if you have some ideas.
Feb 21 2013 10:18AM
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RobsWelding
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Bump for a good snowstorm this weekend
Feb 22 2013 9:48AM
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storms lookin nice...
awesome sale
bump
Feb 22 2013 9:54AM
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RobsWelding
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11 foot flat to 8 foot flat
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or you can do 11 foot flat to 8 foot down
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and it all fits in the back of a truck.

you can put shorter legs on the 11 foot section to make it up down, or put it on any hill to make it steeper or flatter.

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Feb 24 2013 9:49AM
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RobsWelding
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haha aparently the [IMG] wasnt showing so i was clicking like crazy to make the pics show up. and now 20 of them show up in the final thread. opps. guess you guys can really see what i build now.
Feb 24 2013 9:52AM
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wild.
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i'd get it but 500 thats a little much
Feb 24 2013 9:54AM
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RobsWelding
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it would be nice to be able to sell it for cheaper but i bought high quality materials so it would last a long time. that means its going to have a higher price tag. this is still less money then an 8 foot box from other companies like jib4cribs.
Feb 24 2013 10:04AM
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El_Barto.
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Welding is a spendy business. This is also a tiny market with few competitors.

$500 might be a lot but its certainly reasonable. How many hours did you spend making that? What was your initial investment.

They look really nice by the way
Feb 24 2013 12:01PM
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SloanKettering
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very nice rails. too much $ for me though
Feb 24 2013 12:29PM
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RobsWelding
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thanks you got that right.

it was about 25 hours to build that. there are 28 different pieces of metal that have to but cut, angled, notched, weld prepped, then welded. then once the whole thing is built it needs to be cleaned again, primed, painted, second coat of paint, then cut the wood, cut the plastic, drill and counter sink all the holes for the bolts through the wood, then drill and counter sink all the holes for the top plastic sheet. the hardware is stainless which is a lot more expensive so it wont rust and turn the white plastic rusty red/ brown. it takes a half spool of wire, a good amount of gas and power to run the welder. the welder alone is $700 and the bender for the steel is another $600. it might not look like much, but its many hours and dollars that go into this. and i dont expect to make my money back off one or two rails, or else they would be way more expensive!

but if you want quality you have to pay for quality. if you want a simple pvc rail ill gladly build one of those but done expect it to last like this one will. you get what you pay for. im sure i could make more money building crappy rails/boxes, but im not going to let my reputation suffer for future builds.
Feb 24 2013 2:21PM
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triss
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buy this shit its quality
Feb 24 2013 4:23PM
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wild.
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I see now sorry i would love it but i dont have 500 dollars but someone get it
Feb 24 2013 6:49PM
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RobsWelding
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its all good guys. it looks like the red one is selling this week and the black one sold. but if anyone backs out the first one to show me the money takes it!


Feb 24 2013 11:55PM
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